Ep 34: Safety at Sea: Distress Signals

[@sailingaquila5360]

Excellent tutorial Marco we are really enjoying your videos and learning a lot, can’t wait to get out sailing this summer ! Would love to get some lessons. Cheers Aaron & Linda

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thanks guys. Keep in mind that you two were the motivation for this channel so thank you for that. I'll be in touch

[@mrpmessina]

Another great tutorial. Thank you so much. And thank you for the pdf.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

You are so welcome!

[@sandovalcastroneto396]

I would like to suggest an episode about "Where can I anchor my boat?". How do I find out if anchoring is permitted? It would be nice if you could cover Europe as well. Thank you. Your channel is great!

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you for the suggestion Sandoval and your kind comment. I will add it to the list.

[@Misteribel]

That gun signal is fairly similar to the long horn honk signal, each minute, when sailing in mist, if i remember correctly. I didn't know about the square and ball. Learned something today. Will keep your video to show on my boat to guests when doing long passages. Really clear! Btw, at least in my country (the Netherlands), you can only install and use Epirb devices, including the MOB1, when you have an advanced radio license ( basic license only allows use of DSC distress). It's a little odd, as these devices just turn on when they hit the water.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you. That’s great 😃

[@johnbee7729]

This is great - thank you

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thanks John

[@jtaylor0727]

Thanks for the download!

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

You’re welcome. My pleasure

[@outputcoupler7819]

What are your thoughts on the use of laser pointers to improve visibility when awaiting rescue? I saw somebody mention it on one of the forums recently, and it made a lot of sense. You can run these laser pointers a really, really long time, and pointing them up in the sky makes it really easy to pinpoint your location from some distance away. At least at night, that is. During the day the beam is unlikely to be visible.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Not a bad idea. I’ve not heard of that but I believe that a laser pointer would be a worthy addition to any abandon ship bag. Great idea 👍

[@vincentmiceli2554]

What’s most distressing is the price of these flaires. It’s like burning gold

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

🤣 You’re not wrong!

[@Captain-Paul]

The PDF for this episode doesn’t appear to be showing on the website

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you. I will look into it

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

PDF is up Paul. Thank you for the support

[@Kaiju3301]

If you are on fire, don’t forget to run up the Juliet flag.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

😂